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M; R. JEW ELL. PAPER HANGER.

A TTOBNEYJ UNITED STATES PATENT FFicE.

MAJOR ROMEYN JEWELL, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES EDW'IN JEW' ELL, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,672, dated November 12, 1895.

' Application filed March 14, 1895- Serial No. 54=1,6'70. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAJOR RoMEYN J EW- ELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seneca Falls, county of Seneca, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to devices for suspending rolls of toilet, wrapping, or other paper, and has forits object to provide means whereby forcible pulling of the paper, which is naturally followed by rapid rotation of the paper-roller and unwinding of more than the required quantity of paper, will of itself, and proportionately to the force exerted, press a brake upon the roll of paper, a further object of the invention being to provide such a device as will be simple, cheap, readily constructed, and perfectly operating, and in which any slack of the brake caused by diminution of the diameter of the roll will be automatically taken up from time to time.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby the above-mentioned and other desirable results are attained, and hereinafter more fully described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same secured to a perpendicular support. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of a slightlymodified form.

In the practice of my invention I suspend the roller A and the braking-bar B from a transverse rectangular bar C by means of an endless cord a, extending horizontally across the rear face of said bar within a slot B therein and extending through apertures bnear each end of said slot to the face of the bar. The said cord then extends through vertical apertures c in the braking-bar B near its forward edge, which is supported upon a horizontal plane, then around peripheral grooves d, formed in annular disks or collars A, which are mounted upon each end of the roller A, whereupon said cord passes upwardly through vertical apertures 0 near the rear edge of said braking-bar B, and is either inserted again through apertures c therein to extend in a longitudinal slot 6, formed in the under surface of said braking-bar, as shown in Fig. 1, or said slot 6 may be formed in the upper face of said bar, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the apertures c are omitted. It will thus be seen that the supporting-bar C is normally supported vertically with respect to its face, and the same is provided with apertures f, through which it is secured to a supportingsurface by means of pins or screws f. The braking device B is formed similarly to the supportingbar C, and by reason of the cord at extending through the same at front and rear, as hereinbefore described, said brakingbar is held in the horizontal position immediately above the roller A.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The roll of paper D is placed upon the roller A and the device supported in the position shown in Fig. 2. It being desired to withdraw the paper from the roller, the end D thereof is grasped and said roll D revolved, the downward pressure upon said paper depressing the rollerA and pulling the ends or loops of the cord a, which yields at the rear only and forces down the braking-bar B against the surface of said roll D, thereby preventing too free rotation of the said roll or the roller A. The weight of the roller and the paper is of itself suflicient to cause the braking-bar B to constantly bear upon the paper D with sufficient force to prevent the same from excessive unwinding.

The advantages resultant from the use of the invention will be manifest to all who are conversant with the general class of devices to which the same appertains. v

- Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A paper hanger comprising a roller adapted to receive the paper thereon, a braking bar adapted to bear against the surface of said paper, and a cord secured to a support, extending through the braking bar, loosely around the roller, and again through said bar, to which it is secured, whereby the depression of the roller depresses the braking bar against the surface of the paper to restrict the rotation thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A paper hanger comprising a supporting bar, a cord secured thereto and depending therefrom at each side, a braking bar having said cord inserted therethrough at the front, said cord projecting below said braking bar to form loops, the opposite ends of which are inserted upwardly through the rear of said bar and secured thereto, and a roller mounted in said loops and adapted to receive the roll of paper thereon between the same and the braking bar, whereby the depression of said roller forces said braking bar against the surface of the paper, substantially as shown and described.

A paper hanger comprising a roller adapted to receive the paper thereon, having annular disks or projections at each end thereof, provided with peripheral grooves, a flat rectangular braking bar adapted to bear against the surface of the paper, a flat supporting bar adapted to be secured to asurface, said supporting and braking bars being longitudinally slotted upon the rear thereof, and an endless cord inserted in the slot in said supporting bar, projecting through the face of the same at either end, through the front of the braking bar and beneath the same, upwardly through the rear thereof, whereby said braking bar is held substantially horizontally, said cords forming loops in which the grooved disks of the roller are mounted, and being inserted through said braking bar, and resting in the slot thereof, whereby downward pressure upon the roller depresses the rear end of said cords or loops and forces the braking bar against the surface of the paper to restrict the withdrawal of the same, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of March, 1895.

MAJOR ROMEYN JEXVELTJ.

\Vitnesses:

G. GERST, A. M. CUSACK. 

